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この自動販売機に500円硬貨は使えない。

Sentence Analyzer

この 自動 販売機 硬貨 使えない

English Translation

This vending machine won't accept 500 yen coins.

Furigana

この自動(じどう)販売機(はんばいき)に500(えん)硬貨(こうか)使(つか)えない。

Romanji

Kono jidō hanbaiki ni go zero zero en kōka wa tsukaenai.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
自動 (じどう)
automatic; self-motion; intransitive verb
販売機 (はんばいき)
vending machine
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
(ご、いつ、い)
five
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(えん)
yen; Japanese monetary unit; circle
硬貨 (こうか)
coin; hard currency
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
使える (つかえる)
to be usable; to be serviceable; to be useful

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Reading: ハン
Meanings: marketing, sell, trade
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: エン、 まる.い、 まる、 まど、 まど.か、 まろ.やか
Meanings: circle, yen, round
Readings: コウ、 かた.い
Meanings: stiff, hard
Readings: カ、 たから
Meanings: freight, goods, property
使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause